Changing incentives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and value-based reimbursement to keep people healthy and out of acute care settings have fostered greater attention to the impact of health outcomes on population health across the nation and the State of Maine, and within Aroostook County.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent moves up from 38th to 23rd among all north region colleges, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2017 rankings.

The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings put UMFK in the top tier, ranked 23rd. That ranks UMFK 13th among public colleges in the North and follows sixth-consecutive years as a top-15 public institution. UMFK first achieved top-tier college status in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 rankings.

Maine’s holler-folk band, the Ghost of Paul Revere, will perform at the University of Maine Foundation fall 2016 event for the community on Sunday, October 16, at 2 p.m. at the University’s Fox Auditorium.

The group was formed around childhood friends Max Davis, Sean McCarthy, and Griffin Sherry. They put the Ghost of Paul Revere together in 2011 with Matt Young. They use a masterful combination of melody and energy, somewhere between folk and foot-stomping bluegrass.